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US2713662A
US2713662A US363858A US36385853A US2713662A US 2713662 A US2713662 A US 2713662A US 363858 A US363858 A US 363858A US 36385853 A US36385853 A US 36385853A US 2713662 A US2713662 A US 2713662A
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  • the main object of my invention is to provide a method and means for measuring not only the moisture content of a textile while running make possible immediate the moisture percentage as a web of material but also to discovery of two things: firstlythroughout the thickness of the material, secondlywhether or not the surface moisture is greater than the average Another object of my throughout the thickness.
  • invention is to provide a novel contactor arrangement embodying a plurality of contacting rollers which may be switched in or out as desired during the measurement.
  • the numeral designates a web of textile material being run over roller 11, which is supported upon base 12.
  • measuring roller 14 is supported in bracket 15 which is held by arm 16.
  • the measuring roller 14 is connected by means of wire 17 through resistor 18 to the grid of the tube 19.
  • An auxiliary measuring roller is mounted upon 2,713,552 Patented July 19, 1955 bracket 21, fed by arm 22.
  • the auxiliary roller 20 is connected to ground through switch 23.
  • the circuit connected to tube 19 works as a D. C. amplifier and is actually a resistance indicating device for measuring very high resistivities.
  • a meter 24 is preferably used as a galvanometer and the greatest accuracy is obtained by using standards of suitable values to indicate given moisture conditions.
  • the operation of my device is as follows:
  • the circuit indicated in Figure 1 is for a wet range meter installation where the meter is calibrated for a given wetness and indicates directly variations above and below this point. There are, therefore, not any standards for comparison as the meter is pre-calibrated for the particular service it is to perform.
  • the switch 23 In measuring the moisture of the web 10, the switch 23 is first left open and the operator notes the reading of meter 24. He thereupon closes switch 23 and again notes the reading of meter 24. It is apparent that in the first measurement the measuring current will go from ground through wire 13 to roller 11, to roller 14 through wire 17 and the grid of tube 19. In the second measurement, however, the current may either go from ground through switch 23 to roller 20, through web 10 to roller 11, through web 10 again to roller 14 and through wire 17 to the grid of tube 19, or it may go from roller 20 along the surface of web 10 to roller 14 and hence through wire 17 to the grid of the tube 19. In the first measurement, the reading is a measure of the electrical resistance through a single while in the second measurement surface of the web.
  • the second reading will show a higher moisture content than the first. If no surface moisture is present, the second reading will show a lower moisture reading because it In this manner the operator may tell at surface moisture is present or not, which Is an important consideration in many types of textile operations.
  • a moisture measuring device of the character described comprising a combination of a metallic roller; a textile Web References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,212,014 Butts Ian. 9, 1917 2,401,832 Krogh June 11, 1946 2,484,594 Spangenberg Oct. 11, 1949 2,608,604 Hart Aug. 26, 1952

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R. S. HART July 19, 1955 MEANS FOR MEASURING MOISTURE CONTENT OF TEXTILES Filed June .24, 1953 INVENTOR. Raymond 5. Her! BY United States Patent ()fiice MEANS FGR MEASURING IVIOISTURE CGNTENT F TEXTILES Raymond S. Hart, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application June 24, N53, Serial No. 363,858
1 Claim. (Cl. 32465) This invention relates to improvements in method and means for measuring moisture in textiles, and specifically refers to an improved contactor and measuring technique which eliminates experienced.
some of the difiiculties previously Measurements of moisture in textiles by means of conductivity type of meters has always been a difiicult matter due to various factors involved.
Some of the difficulties in making such measurements are due to the fact that the cloth to be measured out various parts of same. moisture may be entirely on is often unevenly moist through- While in some cases the the surface of the textile,
in other cases it may be unevenly distributed in the interior of the material.
In such cases it is very difficult to get a satisfactory moisture determination with the ordinary type of moisture meter.
A large number of determinations over an extended area of the textile will have to be made, and these will have reading.
to be averaged to get a reliable In my present invention, I have eliminated these difiiculties by providing a novel method of making contact by means of two rollers in such a manner that a reading may be obtained with or without the second roller, thus giving an immediate indication of whether there is a moisture gradient present.
The main object of my invention is to provide a method and means for measuring not only the moisture content of a textile while running make possible immediate the moisture percentage as a web of material but also to discovery of two things: firstlythroughout the thickness of the material, secondlywhether or not the surface moisture is greater than the average Another object of my throughout the thickness.
invention is to provide a novel contactor arrangement embodying a plurality of contacting rollers which may be switched in or out as desired during the measurement.
Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent during the course and claim.
In the accompanying drawing,
of the following description forming a part of specifi- In the drawmg,
where for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral designates a web of textile material being run over roller 11, which is supported upon base 12. The
roller 11 is grounded by means of Wire 13. A
measuring roller 14 is supported in bracket 15 which is held by arm 16. The measuring roller 14 is connected by means of wire 17 through resistor 18 to the grid of the tube 19.
An auxiliary measuring roller is mounted upon 2,713,552 Patented July 19, 1955 bracket 21, fed by arm 22. The auxiliary roller 20 is connected to ground through switch 23.
The circuit connected to tube 19 works as a D. C. amplifier and is actually a resistance indicating device for measuring very high resistivities. A meter 24 is preferably used as a galvanometer and the greatest accuracy is obtained by using standards of suitable values to indicate given moisture conditions.
The operation of my device is as follows: The circuit indicated in Figure 1 is for a wet range meter installation where the meter is calibrated for a given wetness and indicates directly variations above and below this point. There are, therefore, not any standards for comparison as the meter is pre-calibrated for the particular service it is to perform.
In measuring the moisture of the web 10, the switch 23 is first left open and the operator notes the reading of meter 24. He thereupon closes switch 23 and again notes the reading of meter 24. It is apparent that in the first measurement the measuring current will go from ground through wire 13 to roller 11, to roller 14 through wire 17 and the grid of tube 19. In the second measurement, however, the current may either go from ground through switch 23 to roller 20, through web 10 to roller 11, through web 10 again to roller 14 and through wire 17 to the grid of tube 19, or it may go from roller 20 along the surface of web 10 to roller 14 and hence through wire 17 to the grid of the tube 19. In the first measurement, the reading is a measure of the electrical resistance through a single while in the second measurement surface of the web. If surface moisture is present, the second reading will show a higher moisture content than the first. If no surface moisture is present, the second reading will show a lower moisture reading because it In this manner the operator may tell at surface moisture is present or not, which Is an important consideration in many types of textile operations.
It is to be understood that the form of my invention, herewith shown and described, is to be example of the same and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, without the subjoined claim.
Having described my invention I claim: A moisture measuring device of the character described comprising a combination of a metallic roller; a textile Web References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,212,014 Butts Ian. 9, 1917 2,401,832 Krogh June 11, 1946 2,484,594 Spangenberg Oct. 11, 1949 2,608,604 Hart Aug. 26, 1952
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US2896159A (en) * 1955-07-14 1959-07-21 Webster Instr Inc Method and apparatus for measuring electrical resistance
US3096478A (en) * 1959-08-18 1963-07-02 Okonite Co Apparatus with conductive gas electrodes for detecting non-uniformity in electrically insulating and electrically semi-conducting materials
US4717870A (en) * 1982-03-26 1988-01-05 Burlington Industries, Inc. Slasher moisture monitoring system

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US1212014A (en) * 1915-09-11 1917-01-09 Edward P Butts Process and apparatus for drying.
US2401832A (en) * 1942-08-06 1946-06-11 Brown Instr Co Control system
US2484594A (en) * 1946-10-15 1949-10-11 Honeywell Regulator Co Moisture responsive system
US2608604A (en) * 1951-05-07 1952-08-26 Raymond S Hart Temperature compensated contactor

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US1212014A (en) * 1915-09-11 1917-01-09 Edward P Butts Process and apparatus for drying.
US2401832A (en) * 1942-08-06 1946-06-11 Brown Instr Co Control system
US2484594A (en) * 1946-10-15 1949-10-11 Honeywell Regulator Co Moisture responsive system
US2608604A (en) * 1951-05-07 1952-08-26 Raymond S Hart Temperature compensated contactor

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2896159A (en) * 1955-07-14 1959-07-21 Webster Instr Inc Method and apparatus for measuring electrical resistance
US3096478A (en) * 1959-08-18 1963-07-02 Okonite Co Apparatus with conductive gas electrodes for detecting non-uniformity in electrically insulating and electrically semi-conducting materials
US4717870A (en) * 1982-03-26 1988-01-05 Burlington Industries, Inc. Slasher moisture monitoring system

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